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Among them was Twitter user Terry, from Liverpool, who took to social media at 1.14pm on Christmas Day to say: “Can someone @Tesco please contact me about a mouldy Christmas turkey you sold to my pensioner mother (Liverpool City Centre store) and basically ruined our Christmas dinner.

“Customer service is awful and it’s put a downer on our day.”

He was among many from around the country to complain, saying they were left with no meal or had to order a takeaway after discovering their Tesco turkeys had “gone off”.

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Some customers said their turkeys smelled so bad they didn’t even bother to cook them, while others said they didn’t notice until they had started eating their Christmas meal and then discovered their turkey tasted like “bleach” and “acid”.

Our colleagues at the Liverpool Echo contacted Tesco, who said they had apologised to those affected and that they were providing them with a refund and offering a goodwill gesture.

A Tesco spokeswoman said: “We’ve sold hundreds of thousands of great quality British turkeys this Christmas. We have exceptionally high standards so we will look to address the small number of complaints in recent days.

“We will get in touch with each customer so we can investigate how these instances may have happened.”